Vocabulary
Random Trivia
Types of Matter
Measuring Matter
The Periodic Table
100
What is it called when you use something again instead of throwing it away?
reuse
100
What type of matter is helium?
a gas
100
What is anything that has mass and takes up space called?
matter
100
What is the distance from one end to the other end of an object called?
length
100
Name the 3 types of elements that make up the Periodic Table.
Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids
200
What is it called when something is made into something else?
recycle
200
What type of matter has particles that are tightly packed and do not move freely?
a solid
200
What type of matter has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space?
a solid
200
What is the amount of matter in an object called?
mass
200
What materials can be bents and hammered into shape and conduct heat and electricity?
Metals
300
What is a characteristic you can observe called? Some examples are smell, hardness, and texture
properties
300
Where does a person weigh more? the moon or Earth?
Earth
300
What type of matter does not have a definite shape but does take up a definite amount of space?
a liquid
300
How much space an object takes up is called __________.
volume
300
What is the smallest part of an element that has all the properties of that element called?
an atom
400
What is the upward force of a liquid or a gas called?
buoyancy
400
At what temperature does a liquid freeze and turn into a solid?
32 degrees Fahrenheit/ 0 degrees Celcius
400
What type of matter does not have a definite shape and does not take up a definite amount of space
a gas
400
What is the amount of mass in a unit of volume called?
density
400
What is the name of a substance that is made up of only one type of matter
an element
500
What is the pull of gravity between an object and Earth?
weight
500
What is found by dividing its mass by its volume?
density
500
Name the 3 states of matter
solid, liquid, and gas
500
What is the number of square units that cover a surface called?
area
500
How many elements are there on the Periodic Table?
118
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